Stand for flowers



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STAND FOR FLOWERS.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,090, dated January 3, 1899.

Application filed March 30, 1898. Serial No. 675,696. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST II. FREEsE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands for Flowers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to stands for plants and flowers; and it has for its object to produce a device of the class mentioned which will be light, portable, capable of being folded into a small compass, simple in construction, durable, and strong, and of but small cost to the manufacturer.

To these ends the invention consist-s of the stand foiuflowers possessing certain features of construction and relative arrangement of parts, all as clearly illustrated in the drawings and now to be described in detail and finally pointed out in the claims hereunto anneXed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, in which like characters indicate like parts in all of the figures wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure l represents in perspective View a stand for iiowers embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents the stand folded ready to be packed away or transported.

For the purposes of lightness, eheapness, and strength the stand is constructed of strap metal or metallic strips, which, as is well known, can be easily obtained and are comparatively cheap in cost. The frame for receiving the trays consists of two inclined end bars a a, connected at their lower ends by the cross-bar a', the latter having its ends bent at right angles, as indicated in dotted lines, and secured to the bars a by rivets a2. The extremities of the end bars a a are given a quarter-turn and are bent upwardly, as at as, to receive casters or rollers a4, of which only one is shown for lack of space.

l) b indicate supporting-bars twisted and bent at their lower ends, as shown at l1', to receive casters or rollers b2 and also connected together by the horiZontally-arranged bar b3. The upper ends of the bars b b are pivoted at b4 h4 to the bars a a, and they are also connected thereto by jointed rods c c, pivoted together at c and to the bars a and b at c2 c3,

bars a a lie between and parallel to the bars b, as shown in Fig. 3.

Angle-pieces b5 b5 are secured on the inner faces of the bars h b and are connected to the cross-piece b3 by inclined brace-bars h6 o", as shown in Fig. 1, so that the supporting-frame is rendered non-yielding and rigid.

The trays are indicated as a whole by di d d2, being pivoted between the bars a a at c2, c, and h4. They are connected together by bars e e, which are parallel to the said bars a a,

the pivots connecting the trays with the said bars being indicated at e', e2, and e3, respectively. The upper tray is connected to the supporting-frame at each end by jointed levers f f', pivoted together at f2, and to the tray d2 by the pivot e3 and to the bar b by the pivot f3, which pivots also secure the anglepieces b5 in place. The said levers f when the trays are in their normal position ready to receive flowers thereon rest upon anglepieces or stops g g, riveted on the inner face of the bars a a and projecting outward across the edges of the same, as shown. Each tray consists of a metallic strap bent in quadrangular form and placed upon its ed ge,as shown, the ends thereof being secured together by a rivet 7L. The longitudinal side bars are conm nected bya cross-brace t', having its ends bent upward at an angle and secured to the inner faces of `said side bars by rivets 't". Longitudinal supporting-straps jj extend between the end bars of the tray and are secured thereto by rivets 3.2, the central portion of said straps resting upon the cross-brace t'. Now it will be seen that by swinging the supporting-frame toward the tray-receiving frame and by swinging the trays upward upon their pivots the stand will present the appearance in end elevation shown in Fig. 3, with the bars e lying practically against the bars a, which are within and between the bars b.

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W'hen folded in this way, a great many stands can be packed in a very small space for shipping or storing, and being comparatively light they may be carried about the house or fromv place to place with comparatively no inconvenience.

When it is desired to use one of the stands, the supporting-frame is swung away from the tray-receiving frame and the jointed rods c c are thrust downward to lock the said frames apart. Then the trays are rocked downward on their pivots until the levers f f rest upon the stops g g, whereupon the trays are held against further downward movement.

.Of course it will be understood that a stand of this character is adapted fora great many purposes, and although this embodiment of the invention is more particularly adapted for receiving shrubs and iowering plants yet the stand may be used for displaying fruit or other articles of merchandise for sale.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use,

what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A folding stand comprising a tray-receiving frame, a pivoted supporting-frame, a series of trays, each pivoted at its rear end corners to the tray-receiving frame, and all movable independently of the supportingframe, bars parallel to the tray-receiving frame connecting said trays, and stops on the saidframe, to receive and support the trays.

2. A folding stand comprising a tray-receiving frame, a pivoted supporting-frame, a series of connected trays movable independently of the supporting-frame, and each being pivoted at its rear end corners in the trayreceiving frame, stops as at g, g on the trayreceiving frame, and jointed bars f f connected to one of the trays and to the supporting-frame, and adapted to rest upon said stops.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST H. FREESE. lVitnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, C. F.- BROWN. 

